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  • PasturesNew
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    michaels wrote: »
    There is a house for sale on a road I would like to move to - only problem is with stamp duty I am about 600k short - oh and it needs a complete refurb. Could all the NPs look down the back of their sofas please and see if we can bridge the gap? Thanks in advance.

    I've only got £3 left to last the week, blame £land! If you'd only asked earlier......

    Ever thought of "creating" instead of consuming existing properties?
  • Pyxis
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    michaels wrote: »
    There is a house for sale on a road I would like to move to - only problem is with stamp duty I am about 600k short - oh and it needs a complete refurb. Could all the NPs look down the back of their sofas please and see if we can bridge the gap? Thanks in advance.

    Blimey! You're 600k short, and it needs a refurb? I gulp at what the full refurbed value of the house would be!

    Is this in Inner Herts?
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  • michaels
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    Inner Herts. There was another house recently that looked OK but the 7.5m price tag put me off. However prices are generally a fair bit lower here than where SC lives.

    Someone is trying to sell a plot - except it doesn't have planning permission and is in the green belt not in an area earmarked for development - for 250k - basically about the most expensive very small paddock you can imagine....
    I think....
  • Pyxis
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    michaels wrote: »
    inner herts. There was another house recently that looked ok but the 7.5m price tag put me off. However prices are generally a fair bit lower here than where sc lives.

    Someone is trying to sell a plot - except it doesn't have planning permission and is in the green belt not in an area earmarked for development - for 250k - basically about the most expensive very small paddock you can imagine....

    sc?




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  • michaels
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    Silvercar

    Check out photo 5?!

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66282716.html
    I think....
  • PasturesNew
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    michaels wrote: »
    Inner Herts. There was another house recently that looked OK but the 7.5m price tag put me off.

    You could've spent just ~£2.2million buying the WHOLE new development near me.... and randomly bought the 2nd hand one a few doors down from me for another £250k.

    :)
  • GDB2222
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    michaels wrote: »
    There is a house for sale on a road I would like to move to - only problem is with stamp duty I am about 600k short - oh and it needs a complete refurb. Could all the NPs look down the back of their sofas please and see if we can bridge the gap? Thanks in advance.

    That was productive. I can now give you a slightly dusty Malteser.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Pyxis
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    michaels wrote: »
    Silvercar

    Check out photo 5?!

    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-66282716.html
    Nice house.
    Liveable-in. You could live there while doing it up!
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    That was productive. I can now give you a slightly dusty Malteser.

    How much is an antique Malteser worth?



    I've got a boxful of old £1 coins! Perhaps I could be a sleeping partner?





    Edit....:eek: Business-wise I mean! Business-wise! :eek::eek::eek:
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  • michaels
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    edited 10 May 2017 at 4:01PM
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    That was productive. I can now give you a slightly dusty Malteser.
    That is the second best offer I have had all day....
    Pyxis wrote: »
    Nice house.
    Liveable-in. You could live there while doing it up!

    I've got a boxful of old £1 coins! Perhaps I could be a sleeping partner?
    Immediately followed by the best offer I have had all year :)
    I think....
  • Pyxis
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    michaels wrote: »
    That is the second best ofer I have had all day....


    Immediately followed by the best offer I have had all year :)

    Be very, very careful what you wish for! :rotfl: :eek: :rotfl:
    (I just lurve spiders!)
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